NEOGOV · 11 hours ago
DSHS FTAA IT Data Management - Senior/Specialist
Thurston County – Olympia, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$7,730/mo - $10,396/mo
7+ years expNEOGOV is seeking a Senior IT Data Management Specialist to join the Research and Evaluation Center within the Department of Social and Health Services. The role involves leading the design and management of advanced data systems to support social and health services research, ensuring data integrity and compliance while providing technical guidance to stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain complex cross-agency databases and analytic applications, ensuring high levels of accuracy, performance, and data integrity across social and health service programs
Build advanced analytic datasets and statistical models (longitudinal, predictive, and measurement-based) using SAS or R to support evaluation, policy development, and executive decision-making
Lead requirements gathering, data architecture design, and ETL development, including data extraction, transformation, linkage (probabilistic and deterministic), and schema creation across multiple state and partner agency systems
Conduct sophisticated statistical analyses and create custom reporting solutions, enabling stakeholders to explore data, generate insights, and produce detailed reports
Ensure compliance with data governance, information security, and confidentiality standards (including HIPAA), and coordinate secure data transfers with cross-agency partners
Provide expert consultation and technical guidance to researchers, program managers, and partner agencies on the use, interpretation, and improvement of integrated data systems and analytic tools
Monitor and improve data systems through continuous quality improvement, troubleshooting complex technical issues, evaluating new methodologies, and recommending system upgrades
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree including 9 semester or 15 quarter hours of computer science courses and 7 years of progressively more responsible IT work experience with large, complex administrative databases
OR
AA in computer science, statistical programming, or related program AND 9 years of progressively more responsible IT work experience with large, complex administrative databases
OR
11 Eleven (11) years as an Information Technology Data Management technician or equivalent or higher experience level technician
A Master's degree will substitute for one year of the required experience
Five years of work experience managing, programming and analyzing data for research and evaluation purposes using SAS or another statistical analysis software, including substantial experience with complex statistical methods, longitudinal data analysis, data mining, logic modeling, and case mix adjustment
Four years or more experience performing quantitative data analyses and database administration using complex administrative data systems, preferably in a health or human service area
Demonstrated ability to plan, develop and implement propensity score modeling and/or related methods for creating statistically comparable groups based on demographic, clinical and service history variables; OR demonstrated ability to prepare SAS-ready data sets to generate statistically comparable groups efficiently and effectively
Advanced skills using SAS for data management and analysis
Five years of experience managing and analyzing data with SQL, or another high level data management programming language
Demonstrated project management experience
Benefits
Employees and their families are covered by medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance.
Staff are eligible to enroll each year in a medical flexible spending account which enables them to use tax-deferred dollars toward their health care expenses.
Employees are also covered by basic life and long-term disability insurance, with the option to purchase additional coverage amounts.
Dependent care assistance allows the employee to save pre-tax dollars for a child or elder care expenses.
Other insurance coverage for auto, boat, home, and renter insurance is available through payroll deduction.
The Washington State Employee Assistance Program promotes the health and well-being of employees.
State Employees are members of the Washington Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS).
Employees also have the ability to participate in the Deferred Compensation Program (DCP).
All state employees are covered by the federal Social Security and Medicare systems.
If you are employed by a government or not-for-profit organization, and meet the qualifying criteria, you may be eligible to receive student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Full-time and part-time employees are entitled to paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year.
Full-time employees earn eight hours of sick leave per month.
Full-time employees accrue vacation leave at the rates specified in WAC 357-31-165 or the applicable collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
Washington State supports members of the armed forces with 21 days paid military leave per year.
Most employees whose family member or household member dies, or for loss of pregnancy, are entitled to five (5) days of paid bereavement leave.
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
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